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Minimum Wage
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12/01/22 08:10 PM
12/01/22 08:10 PM
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Joined: Mar 2014
Central Texas
Chancey
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Just went to the local chicken shack to get a 4 piece tender meal, drink, and fries. It cost $9.99; nearly 11 bucks with tax.
25 years ago, I worked at the feed store in the same town and that same meal was $3.99; but with tax it cost $4.32. I made minimum wage at $4.25 an hour then at the feed store in high school. Basically, one hour of labor would pay for a lunch back then. That's not the case now; one hours pay won't even buy you a meal at the local chicken shack; instead it takes almost 2 hours of labor......What happened?
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: Chancey]
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12/01/22 08:16 PM
12/01/22 08:16 PM
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Joined: Mar 2014
Central Texas
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True Sniper, but minimum wage has not kept up with cost. Today $7.25 for an hours work won't even buy you a meal at the local fast food joint here. 25 years ago it did.
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: Chancey]
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12/01/22 08:17 PM
12/01/22 08:17 PM
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Alaska and Washington State
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Just went to the local chicken shack to get a 4 piece tender meal, drink, and fries. It cost $9.99; nearly 11 bucks with tax.
25 years ago, I worked at the feed store in the same town and that same meal was $3.99; but with tax it cost $4.32. I made minimum wage at $4.25 an hour then at the feed store in high school. Basically, one hour of labor would pay for a lunch back then. That's not the case now; one hours pay won't even buy you a meal at the local chicken shack; instead it takes almost 2 hours of labor......What happened? So you are saying the same meal is actually cheaper now. It's now only about 2xs the cost of 25 years ago; wages (even minimum) are much more than 25 years ago.
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: warrior]
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12/01/22 08:19 PM
12/01/22 08:19 PM
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Central Texas
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So, why shouldn't everything go up, including the cost of labor?
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: Chancey]
#7732034
12/01/22 08:19 PM
12/01/22 08:19 PM
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central Haudenosaunee, the De...
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Just went to the local chicken shack to get a 4 piece tender meal, drink, and fries. It cost $9.99; nearly 11 bucks with tax.
25 years ago, I worked at the feed store in the same town and that same meal was $3.99; but with tax it cost $4.32. I made minimum wage at $4.25 an hour then at the feed store in high school. Basically, one hour of labor would pay for a lunch back then. That's not the case now; one hours pay won't even buy you a meal at the local chicken shack; instead it takes almost 2 hours of labor......What happened? Biden.
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: Chancey]
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12/01/22 08:20 PM
12/01/22 08:20 PM
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Alaska and Washington State
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Around where I am now, no one pays minimum wage; everyone pays more, between $18 and $20 per hour minimum. My friend's son works at the concession counter at a local movie theater and is making $20 an hour.
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: waggler]
#7732036
12/01/22 08:21 PM
12/01/22 08:21 PM
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Joined: Mar 2014
Central Texas
Chancey
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Just went to the local chicken shack to get a 4 piece tender meal, drink, and fries. It cost $9.99; nearly 11 bucks with tax.
25 years ago, I worked at the feed store in the same town and that same meal was $3.99; but with tax it cost $4.32. I made minimum wage at $4.25 an hour then at the feed store in high school. Basically, one hour of labor would pay for a lunch back then. That's not the case now; one hours pay won't even buy you a meal at the local chicken shack; instead it takes almost 2 hours of labor......What happened? So you are saying the same meal is actually cheaper now. It's now only about 2xs the cost of 25 years ago; wages (even minimum) are much more than 25 years ago. No Waggler. That is not what I'm saying. One hours work on minimum wage bought a lunch 25 years ago. One hours work on minimum wage now does not.
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: waggler]
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12/01/22 08:23 PM
12/01/22 08:23 PM
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Central Texas
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Around where I am now, no one pays minimum wage; everyone pays more, between $18 and $20 per hour minimum. My friend's son works at the concession counter at a local movie theater and is making $20 an hour. That's good wages right there! Based on lunch costs 25 years ago to what they are now, the minimum wage should be around $12/hour
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: Chancey]
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12/01/22 08:29 PM
12/01/22 08:29 PM
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Central Texas
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Cost of chicken lunch $4.32/$4.25 per hour minimum wage in 1996 equals 98%
Cost of chicken lunch $9.99/$7.25 per hour minimum wage today equals 72%
A 26% hit hurts working folk.
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: Chancey]
#7732053
12/01/22 08:34 PM
12/01/22 08:34 PM
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All the fast food joints here have "Help Wanted" signs up with a starting wage of $14-16 per hour with no experience.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: Monster Toms]
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12/01/22 08:36 PM
12/01/22 08:36 PM
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Central Texas
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Minimum wage here is $12.56 /hour. So could have super sized the chicken lunch! Ha!
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: Chancey]
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12/01/22 08:40 PM
12/01/22 08:40 PM
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williamsburg ks
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williamsburg ks
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I dont think anybody here pays minimum wage. Fast food starts at 14
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Minimum Wage
[Re: Chancey]
#7732063
12/01/22 08:41 PM
12/01/22 08:41 PM
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Joined: Mar 2014
Central Texas
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So, if everyone is paying above the $7.25/hour minimum wage, then why all the pushback to increase it?
What is wrong with minimum wage keeping up with inflation?
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